Period Film Reviews

Superlative - everyone should see this

Great, a must-see if you like the genre

Good, a decent example of the genre

Watchable, but only for serious genre fans

Unwatchable

Half stars could have gone either way depending on mood.

Movie Name / Release Year	Summary	Date	Reviewer
Fong Sai Yuk II (1993)	Not quite as good as the original	2003-04-27	Simon
Dirty Ho (1979)	Much ado about nothing	2005-09-12	Simon
Detective Dee And The Mystery Of The Phantom Flame (2010)	Tsui Hark returns to the wu xia genre	2010-12-04	Simon
Clan Feuds (1982)	Nice Gu Long adaptation	2007-02-06	Simon
The Dead and The Deadly (1982)	Very enjoyable supernatural action-comedy	2012-06-26	Simon
A Deadly Secret (1980)	Better than average	2005-05-12	Simon
A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991)	In many ways a retread of the first part	2005-06-28	Simon
Chinese Iron Man (1973)	Great action	2006-05-19	Simon
The Promise (2005)	Strange but good	2006-04-17	Simon
Curse Of The Golden Flower (2006)	Zhang Yimou's homage to the female bosom	2007-01-20	Simon
The Banquet (2006)	Lovely to look at	2006-12-03	Simon
Suriyothai (2001)	Flaws aside, it's an impressive movie	2002-05-27	Simon
Sword In The Moon (2003)	Decent attempt at wu xia from South Korea	2005-01-01	Simon
Blazing Temple (1976)	Another telling of a classic Shaolin story	2024-05-05	Simon
All Men Are Brothers (1973)	Less fun than I remembered	2023-10-01	Simon
The Flying Dragon Mountain (1971)	A passable time-waster	2023-08-17	Simon
The Grand Passion (1970)	Lacking that touch of zen	2023-03-03	Simon
The Barefoot Kid (1993)	Fine but nothing special	2023-02-05	Simon
The Kid with the Golden Arm (1979)	One of the more enjoyable Venoms films	2022-02-27	Simon
Sanshiro Sugata (1943)	Fine, if a little insubstantial	2022-01-22	Simon
Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)	Sequel switches onto a different track	2021-08-01	Simon
Ong Bak 3 (2010)	Reduced in scale and ambition, but brings closure	2021-07-26	Simon
The Postman Fights Back (1982)	Some good moments but they don't cohere into a strong film	2021-07-02	Simon
One-Armed Boxer (1972)	Silly but fun	2021-05-29	Simon
Shaolin Vs Evil Dead: Ultimate Power (2006)	Cheap and cheesy sequel/prequel that's fun to watch	2021-05-22	Simon
Black Butterfly (1968)	A decent if unremarkable late 60's wuxia	2021-05-10	Simon
Sakuran (2007)	You love, you lose	2020-10-25	Simon
The Warrior (2001)	Boring	2003-02-09	Simon
The Dragon Tamers (1975)	Fine, I guess	2020-07-28	Simon
Long Road To Gallantry (1984)	Fun but slight wu xia from Shaw Brothers' autumn years	2019-11-17	Simon